TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A shark cam captured an “epic” encounter with a 10-foot nice white in Florida.
Marine biologists from the Florida Atlantic College geared up a nurse shark with a digicam that exposed a “shark’s eye view” of an important white shark off the coast of Boynton Seashore.
Researchers mentioned they hooked up the digicam to the nurse shark to gather video footage and 3D acceleration information, which has been accomplished numerous instances earlier than.
Nonetheless, this time, the footage captured was something however odd.
Because the nurse shark swam round Donny Boy Slipe Reef, researchers mentioned the digicam recorded a four-minute interplay with an important white shark.
“Whereas divers have reported seeing nice white sharks right here just lately, this uncommon footage provides us a shark’s-eye view of the interactions between these two very completely different sorts of sharks,” mentioned Professor Stephen Kajiura. “Our footage clearly confirmed an important white, estimated to be at the least 10 ft lengthy, and divulges a uncommon second of shark-on-shark motion – or what we’re coining as a ‘shark photobomb.'”
FAU biologists mentioned they feared the shark’s digicam tag had been misplaced when it did not ping as anticipated.
Nonetheless, 4 days later, it pinged. It had washed ashore on the Gulfstream Golf Membership in Delray Seashore. “We have been extremely fortunate it didn’t get run over and crushed,” Kajiura mentioned.
“What we captured on that footage was a very surprising shock,” mentioned researcher Genevieve Sylvester. “We have been all huddled round my laptop, reviewing the footage. After we noticed the good white shark seem – greater than as soon as – we couldn’t consider it. To witness it from the shark’s standpoint made it much more surreal. It was a very an unforgettable second for our whole staff.”
The analysis is a part of an ongoing effort to review shark habits in South Florida.
“Keep tuned. There may be far more to come back. That is just the start of an unimaginable journey into the underwater world of South Florida’s sharks,” mentioned Kajiura.
